"They Live from 1988 is definitely one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood left. [...] when he put one of them on walking along the L.A. Streets he discovers something weird; that these glasses function like critique of ideology glasses. They allow you to see the real message beneath all the propaganda, publicity, posters and so on. [...] When you put the glasses on you see dictatorship in democracy. It’s the invisible order, which sustains your apparent freedom."

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